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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

587. A TWO-PLANE KNOT, with a crown center and four marginal

loops tied in a single cord. The next three knots resemble the

CHINESE BUTTERFLY KNOT of Chapter 3 I, but the true BUTTERFLY

KNOTS require two cords. These are tied by a method already de-

scribed in Chapter I (!I-'I28) and more fully discussed in the next

chapter. The upper left diagram should be carefully copied about

twice the present size, and the paper laid out on a cork board with

587 pins or tacks placed where small crosses are marked. One end of the

cord (preferably banding) should be attached to a pin at the feather

end of the arrow and the cord led around the diagram line, rounding

each pin in proper turn. Whenever another part of the cord is en-

countered at a point that is marked with a circle, the working end

is tucked undemeath the part encountered; at all other points the end

is led over.

The knots of this and the following page must be drawn up very

gradually. Tying the first three knots shown on this page may be

facilitated if the two outer lines of the four sides of the diagram are

tightened in pairs, the upper pair being worked to the left away from

the looped end, the left pair next, and so on around the knot, in the

same manner. It will be noted that the knot will resolve itself into two

SBa planes of similar aspect. When it has been drawn fairly snug there

will be a large loop at each corner. These loops may be gradually

worked out so the knot will resemble the final drawing at the right,

or they may be left prominent as in the CHINESE KNOTS of Chapter

3 I. Work the knot from end to end, each time in a direction the

reverse of the last. Remove the surplus cord gradually, without dis-

torting the knot at any time.

588. A RECrANGULAR KNOT is worked exactly as described for the

last, except that there are four additional horizontal lines across the

center. These should be tightened in pairs in regular order.

589. Except that this knot is larger, it presents no new problem.

The final drawing at the right is the back side of the working diagram

at the left. For the sake of a better lead the ends have been given an

additional tuck, through one of the rim bights, which is not present

in the previous two knots.